run away with

run away with
{v.} 1a. To take quickly and secretly, especially without permission; steal. * /A thief ran away with Grandma's silver teapot./ Syn.: MAKE OFF. 1b. To go away with; elope. * /Mary said that if her parents wouldn't let her marry Phil, she would run away with him./ 1c. To take hold of; seize. * /The boys thought they saw a ghost in the old house last night; they let their imagination run away with them./ Compare: GET THE BETTER OF. 2. To be much better or more noticeable than others in; win easily. * /Our team ran away with the game in the last half./ * /The fat comedian ran away with the TV show./ Compare: STEAL THE SHOW.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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